A Just Die mage lowered his staff without noticing.
"That thing is a pet?" he whispered. "Bullshit."
Another player beside him swallowed hard. "That's not a pet. That's a raid mechanic."
Ao Tenshin blinked her sapphire eyes and squealed adorably.
The sound bounced through the cave, bright and cute enough to belong to a plush toy. The skill that followed belonged to a natural disaster.
[Ao Tenshin has summoned the Dragon Turtle Domain.]
The water answered her. It rose with purpose, moving as though it had been waiting for her command.
Currents that had been slamming randomly through the cave suddenly turned. Water curled toward Ao Tenshin's crystal shell, climbed around her body, and spread outward in violent rings. The flood pulled away from some stones and struck harder against others. Shallow pools deepened, knee-high water climbed to waists, and broken gaps between rocks became rushing channels.
